To stay behind to work.You feel as if you should go to the funeral, but you’re too upset. You spend the day working silently in the shop. You try not to think about Chris, but it’s hard.
After the funeral, another apprentice tells you that there were at least 2,000 people there. That number included 400 schoolboys, who marched ahead of the casket.
One day in early March, several soldiers come by for shaves. When they leave, Mr. Piemont says that Captain John Goldfinch owes him money. “If you can collect it, you can keep it,” he tells Edward Garrick.
It snows on Monday, March 5. By evening, the weather is clear, but the roads are still icy. “I’m off to see what’s going on in the streets,” Edward says. “Want to join me?”
During the 1770s, Boston’s streets were places to meet friends and gather news.
Just then, another apprentice, Bartholomew Broaders, comes in. He says that Mr. Green, who lives in the Custom House, asked him to walk with his daughter, Ann, and her friend. They’re headed to the apothecary to pick up medicine. “Want to come with us?” Bartholomew asks you.